STAFF PROFILE
Distinguished Professor Irene Yarovsky
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics
Phone:
+61 3 9925 2571
Email:
irene.yarovsky@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Program Leader: Biophysics and Bioengineering
- Research Leader:
Materials Modelling and Simulation group - Postgraduate supervision
Professor Irene Yarovsky on ORCID
Research interests
Theoretical computer simulations of the structure and properties of matter.
Current and recent projects
Life Sciences
Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project) Theoretical modelling of biomolecular responses to electromagnetic radiation (NHMRC Centre of Excellence: Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR)) Protein self-assembly on surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles (ARC Discovery project)
Materials
- Theoretical modelling of fundamental molecular mechanisms of biomolecular adsorption to functional surfaces (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing)
- Theoretical modelling study of thin film permeability (ARC Discovery project)
- Environmentally responsive clean coatings (ARC Linkage project)
- New materials for hydrogen storage (ARC Discovery project)
- Modelling novel self-assembling materials
- PhD (Computer Simulation of Hydrophobic solute-ligand interactions), Monash University, 1995
- Master of Science (Applied Mathematics - Distinction), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1985
- Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics), Moscow Institute of Technology, 1983
- Zhang, W.,Christofferson, A.,Besford, Q.,Richardson, J.,Guo, J.,Ju, Y.,Kempe, K.,Yarovsky, I.,Caruso, F. (2019). Metal-dependent inhibition of amyloid fibril formation: synergistic effects of cobalt-tannic acid networks In: Nanoscale, 11, 1921 - 1928
- Christofferson, A.,Al-Garawi, Z.,Todorova, N.,Turner, J.,Del Borgo, M.,Serpell, L.,Aguilar, M.,Yarovsky, I. (2018). Identifying the Coiled-Coil Triple Helix Structure of �-Peptide Nanofibers at Atomic Resolution In: ACS Nano, 12, 9101 - 9109
- Peng, E.,Todorova, N.,Yarovsky, I. (2018). Effects of Size and Functionalization on the Structure and Properties of Graphene Oxide Nanoflakes: An in Silico Investigatio In: ACSOmega, 3, 11497 - 11503
- Zlatic, C.,Mao, Y.,Todorova, N.,Mok, Y.,Howlett, G.,Yarovsky, I.,Gooley, P.,Griffin, M. (2018). Polymorphism in disease-related apolipoprotein C-II amyloid fibrils: a structural model for rod-like fibrils In: FEBS Journal, 285, 2799 - 2812
- Tomanin, P.,Cherepanov, P.,Besford, Q.,Christofferson, A.,Amodio, A.,McConville, C.,Yarovsky, I.,Caruso, F.,Cavalieri, F. (2018). Cobalt Phosphate Nanostructures for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensing at Physiological pH In: ACS Applies Materials & Interfaces, 10, 42786 - 42795
- Lin, Y.,Charchar, P.,Christofferson, A.,Thomas, M.,Todorova, N.,Mazo, M.,Chen, Q.,Doutch, J.,Richardson, R.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2018). Surface Dynamics and Ligand-Core Interactions of Quantum Sized Photoluminescent Gold Nanoclusters In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 18217 - 18226
- Soh, J.,Lin, Y.,Thomas, M.,Todorova, N.,Kallepitis, C.,Yarovsky, I.,Ying, J.,Stevens, M. (2017). Distinct bimodal roles of aromatic molecules in controlling gold nanorod growth for biosensing In: Advanced Functional Materials, 27, 1 - 9
- Guo, J.,Richardson, J.,Besford, Q.,Christofferson, A.,Yarovsky, I., et al, . (2017). Influence of ionic strength on the deposition of metal-phenolic networks In: Langmuir, 33, 10616 - 10622
- Besford, Q.,Christofferson, A.,Liu, M.,Yarovsky, I. (2017). Long-range dipolar order and dispersion forces in polar liquids In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 147, 1 - 8
- Truong, V.,Bhadra, C.,Christofferson, A.,Yarovsky, I.,Kobaisi, M.,Garvey, C.,Ponamoreva, O.,Alferov, S.,Alferov, V.,Perera, P.,Nguyen, D.,Buividas, R.,Juodkazis, S.,Crawford, R.,Ivanova, E. (2017). Three-dimensional organization of self-encapsulating gluconobacter oxydans bacterial cells In: ACS Omega, 2, 8099 - 8107
- The Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (Led by The University of Wollongong).. Funded by: 033-NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence 2017 from (2018 to 2023)
- Project B3.5: Design and characterisation of mechano-fungicidal surfaces (formerly project B3.3) (Administered by University of Wollongong). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub via other University Grant 2019 from (2018 to 2020)
- Project B4.2: Elucidation of the mechanism of action of BlueScope antifungal roofing technology (Administered by University of Wollongong). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub via other University Grant 2019 from (2018 to 2021)
- Safe and efficient biomedical nanomaterials. Funded by: 010-ARC Discovery Projects 2017 from (2017 to 2020)
- A high-performance cloud resource for computational modelling - led by The University of Melbourne. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant 2017 from (2017 to 2017)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
11 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions4 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Computational modelling of materials and theoretical materials design: biomolecular systems (peptides, proteins, drugs, membranes), industrial materials (coatings, minerals, energy materials), nanostructures and bio-nanotechnology applications.